Support for independence<span> swept the </span>colonies<span>, the Continental Congress called for states to form their own governments and a five-man committee was assigned to draft a declaration. ... Two days later, on July 4, the declaration was formally adopted by 12 </span>colonies after<span> minor revision.SO IT WILL BE A</span>
John Adams was the one who passed the Alien and Sedition Acts which punishes those who opposed the federal policies. However, Thomas Jefferson felt that these acts defy both the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. So he proposed the Nullification doctrine which states that if the federal government passed an unconstitutional law, the states are not required to follow it.
False.
States in the USA create their own constitutions, but are all overwritten by the national constitution.
In elitist theory power is seen as concentrated amongst a few groups or individuals, including the government. Elitist theory would suggest that only a few major pressure/interest groups, such as the NRA or AARP, actually have any influence, and that even they struggle to gain power because it is concentrated in the hands of a few members of government.
Democracy is a system of government where the citizens exercise power by voting. In a direct democracy, the citizens as a whole form a governing body and vote directly on each issue. In a representative democracy the citizens elect representatives from among themselves.
